Thank you." She smiled at the girl and added, "Why don't you try a canapé? You have been looking at them longingly all day."Cindy did and found they ...asted as luscious as they looked. Finally, Jan got off Pete's lap and went into the kitchen. In just a few moments Cindy announced to Peter that dinner was ready. He went to the dining room and was surprised when Cindy held his chair for him, then seated Jan at the opposite end when she emerged from the kitchen.Dinner that night consisted of a. ‘I never knew you will visit Kai,’ an ebony goddess said to him as she opened the door. ‘Well you know me I’m full of surprises.’ ‘Yea and your name Ghost really suited you for being mischievous and full of surprises.’ Kai held her hand and smiled as Abner walked towards them. ‘Abner this is Rose,’ he introduced the girl his heart desired, ‘Rose this is Abner AKA Hazier.’ Hazier extended his hand and greeted her. ‘Hey Kai we got a few suspicious eyes around us,’ Abner warned his fellow. Cities were swallowed by rising oceans as the caps melted, which was actually a blessing for the clean-up of Marseilles. Discipline broke down and economic systems collapsed. Religions died out. Political partisans were executed frequently.A moderate earthquake hit Southern California. Nothing unusual for the area nor was the quake itself devastating by any stretch of the imagination. It was the inability to respond to the damage afterward that had caused wide-spread suffering. In the past when. The note from Mitchell asked me to come by -- with Amy -- to his office. He specified that we come without Shiggie. Now what? I showed the note to Amy."Maybe he's heard we're sleeping together, and he doesn't approve," Amy said."That seems unlikely. I think you're probably the only one who had big hang-ups about our getting it on." I got over it," Amy said, smiling sweetly."Yes, thank God, you did!" I answered. "This has got to be about Shiggie. Otherwise, Mitchell wouldn't have excluded him so.